Online Samples from Sing Your Way Through Phonics

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Listen to Rhyme in Time audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Ready to Read! Lyrics Sample
 "Rhyme in Time"
 
When I hear words that rhyme
I always tap in time.
And if you agree, just tap along with me.
So listen for the rhyming
And be quick about your timing,
Singing trumpety-ah, tra-la la loo.

Ready to Read! Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "Rhyme in Time"
Tune: Worried Man Blues
Concept: Rhyming words

Objective: Children will learn to recognize rhyming words by their sound as they occur in sentences, poetry, and songs.

*Practice this song plus nursery rhymes and other simple poems, omitting the rhyming words for students to supply. (Ex. Hickory Dickory ____; the mouse ran up the _____.)

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Listen to Tongue Tangle audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Ready to Read! Lyrics Sample
 "Tongue Tangle"
 
Cathy Casey cracked a couple of cups of creamy coffee.
Terry Topper tipped a ton of tangled twisted toffee.
Words that start the same are fun to sing and say them quick,
So, better get your tongue in shape
Or it will surely stick!

Ready to Read! Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: Tongue Tangle
Tune: Potatoes
Concept: Alliteration (words that start with the same sound)

Objective: Children will recognize alliterative words by their sound as they occur in sentences, poetry, and songs.

*Have a scavenger hunt to look for objects or pictures around the room that begin with a designated letter. Example: h=house, head.

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Listen to Spelling Families audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Vol. 1 Lyrics Sample
 "Spelling Families"
  Verse 1
 
 C-a-t That spells cat.
 B-a-t That spells bat.
 R-a-t That spells rat.
 They go together.
 For the spelling families
 Help me spell my words with ease.
 Change the first part
 But keep the ending letters.

Vol. 1Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "Spelling Families"
Tune: Billy Boy
Concept: Short Vowel Spelling Patterns

Objective: Children will learn to recognize short vowel spelling patterns and families of rhyming words.

  After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other short vowel word families. Examples: cap/map/nap, hen/pen/ten, fit/pit/sit, dog/fog/log, gum/hum/sum

  Use the instrumental version of the song to practice spelling patterns for r-controlled vowels.  Examples: bar/far/jar, car/tar/star.

For more details check out the "Spelling Families" phonics lesson plan.

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Listen to What's That Sound? audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Vol. 1 Lyrics Sample
"What's That Sound?"
 Verse 1
 
 /b-b-b/ What's that sound?
 That's the letter b.
 /d-d-d/ What's that sound?
 That's the letter d.
 /f-f-f/ What's that sound?
 That's the letter f.
 Oh, what fun it is to sing
 Our letter sounds this way!

Vol. 1 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "What's That Sound?"
Tune: Jingle Bells
Concept: Letter/Sound Correspondence (consonants)

Objective: Children will practice vocalizing the sounds associated with the consonant letters.

· After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to change the order in which consonants are presented.  Examples: Verse 1—z, h, j. Verse 2—p, b, g. Verse 3—n, d, r. Verse 4—y, q, v. Verse 5—m, f, l. Verse 6—w, t, s.

· Sing the song as a partner song with one group singing the questions and the other singing the answers.

For more details check out the "What's That Sound?" phonics lesson plan.

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Listen to Contraction Action audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Vol. 2 Lyrics Sample
"Contraction Action" 
 Verse 1 & Refrain
 
 When did not becomes a single word,
 It's didn't, it's didn't.
 When do not becomes a single word,
 It's don't, it's don't.
 Just put'em together and leave out the o.
 That is where the apostrophe goes
 And contraction action
 Ever goes marching on.

Vol. 2 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "Contraction Action"
Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Concept: Contraction Formation

Objective: Children will learn and apply the rules for forming contractions.

· After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other contractions.  Examples: I am/I'm, you are/you're, he is/he's, we are/we're, they are/they're, it is/it's.

Play a Bingo game in which the caller states two words and the players cover up the squares with the contractions for those two words.

For more details check out the "Contraction Action" phonics lesson plan

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Listen to The Right Diphthong audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format

Vol. 2 Lyrics Sample
"The Right Diphthong"
Verse 1

Can you help me spell out?
What are the vowels? o-u
Can you help me spell shout?
What are the vowels? o-u
Know the right diphthong
And you won't spell it wrong.
What letters will you choose
For the vowels? o-u

Vol. 2 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "The Right Diphthong"
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
Concept: Diphthong Spelling Patterns

Objective: Children will learn the spelling patterns and sounds associated with the diphthongs ou, ow, oi, and oy.

· After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other examples of each diphthong.  Examples: ou—cloud, couch, pound, sound. ow—bow, brow, clown, drown. oi—broil, coil, soil, foil. oy—Lloyd, soy, boys, toys.

· Sing the song as a partner song with one group singing the questions and the other speaking the answers.

For more details check out the "The Right Diphthong" phonics lesson plan.

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Listen to There Is No K in Christmas audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Vol. 3 Lyrics Sample
"There Is No K in Christmas" 
Verse 1

Do you hear a k in Christmas?
Yes, I do!
Do you hear a k in
School and chorus too?
But there is no k in Christmas
Or in school or in chorus,
'Cause we use c-h to spell them—
Thought you knew.

Vol. 3 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "There Is No K in Christmas"
Tune: Comin' Round the Mountain
Concept: Letter/Sound Correspondence (c-h =/k/)

Objective: Children will learn to recognize and spell words in which the letter combination c-h is pronounced /k/.

· Discuss how the /k/ sound can be spelled in ways other than ch..  Examples: c in car and Atlantic, ck in quack, k in kitten and ark.

· After teaching spelling patterns in the basic song, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other words where ch is pronounced like /k/.  Select words where ch is located at the beginnings, middle, and ends of words.  Examples: Initial position—chaos, character, chlorine, chasm, Christy, cholesterol. Medial position—architect, mechanic, mocha, schedule, scholar, Michael. Final position—Bach, bellyache, earache, headache, heartache, Heimlich. 

For more details check out "There Is No K in Christmas" phonics lesson plan.

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Listen to Belongings audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format.

Vol. 3 Lyrics Sample
"Belongings"
Verse 1

If the jackets belong to boys,
That's s-apostrophe.
That's what we want to see,
That s-apostrophe.
If the jackets just belong to one,
Apostrophe-s is how it's done.
That's how it's always done. 

Vol. 3 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample
Song: "Belongings"
Tune: Down By the Riverside
Concept: Spelling Rules—Singular and plural possessives

Objective: Children will learn the spelling rules for singular and plural possessive nouns.

· Use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to replace the belongings in the song.  Examples: Replace jackets with backpacks.  Replace hats with bags. Replace room with book. Replace dessert with a cake. Replace house with farm.  Replace fancy car with video game.

· Use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to replace the owners as well as the possessions.  Examples: If the spots all belong to dogs...If the squeals all belong to pigs...If the food is shared by monkeys...If a class is shared by students...If the players all own the bat.

For more details check out the "Belongings" phonics lesson plan.

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